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Sunday, December 4, 2016

I'm Thinking Of Ending Things by Iain Reid

I’m thinking of ending things. Once this thought arrives, it stays. It sticks. It lingers. It’s always there. Always.

Jake
once said, “Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an
action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a
thought.”

And here’s what I’m thinking: I don’t want to be here.

In
this deeply suspenseful and irresistibly unnerving debut novel, a man
and his girlfriend are on their way to a secluded farm. When the two
take an unexpected detour, she is left stranded in a deserted high
school, wondering if there is any escape at all. What follows is a
twisted unraveling that will haunt you long after the last page is
turned.

In this smart, suspenseful, and intense literary
thriller, debut novelist Iain Reid explores the depths of the human
psyche, questioning consciousness, free will, the value of
relationships, fear, and the limitations of solitude. Reminiscent of
Jose Saramago’s early work, Michel Faber’s cult classic Under the Skin, and Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
is an edgy, haunting debut. Tense, gripping, and atmospheric, this
novel pulls you in from the very first page…and never lets you go. @goodreads

MY REVIEW:

5 STARS

Holy crap on a cracker!

I put off reading this book for
such a long time because there were so many negative reviews and I don't
see why! I freaking loved this book! It blew me right way! I got if
from the Overdrive library and I'm going to be buying it to keep.

Okay,
so like the narrator is this woman that I have no idea who she is,
name-wise. Unless I missed it, they never say in the book. She's on a
road trip with her boyfriend Jake. He is taking her to meet his parents
for the first time and they live a few hours in the country on a farm.

Through-out
the ride, SHE, talks about her thoughts. She tells about this man that
calls her on the phone all of the time but she hasn't told any one. She
hasn't even told Jake. He says scary things, bizarre things.

And,
SHE, is kind of weird herself. She keeps talking about ending it with
Jake and not ending it with Jake and people and places and weird stuff. I
actually thought this book was about teenagers when I started it but
these are two adults. Jake works in some kind of lab and he's super
smart.

There is a certain point that I started to figure things
out. I thought a few different things at first but then the stranger it
got it started to click into place.

I
was on the edge of my seat to get to the bottom of everything I'm still
confused on a few things but it's okay, I never figure everything out
in books.

This one was creepy and cool and weird and freaky
deaky and I just loved it. There are some meh parts but the cray
outweighs the meh!